The Copyright and Patent Clause,U.S.Const.,Art.I,§8,cl.8,provides as to copyrights:“Congress shall have Power ...[t ]o promote the Progress of Science ...by securing [to Authors ] for limited Times ... the exclusive Right to their ...Writings.”In the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA),Congress enlarged the duration of copyrights by 20 years:Under the 1976 Copyright Act (1976 ... More...   $0 (01-17-2003 - DC)

This was a copyright infringement case where defendant copied and then sold more than 1500 songs.... More...   $136300000 (12-31-2002 - CA)

This appeal primarily presents issues as to whether federal court jurisdiction is available for a case involving a dispute as to ownership of song copyrights, and, if jurisdiction is available, whether copyright interests were validly assigned. These issues arise on an appeal by Plaintiffs-Appellants Christopher H. Jasper and Marvin Isley from the May 1, 2001, judgment of the District Court for th... More...   $0 (12-20-2002 - NY)

Conspiracy to traffic in technology primarily designed to circumvent and market for use in circumvention of technology that protects a right of a copyright owner, 18 U.S.C. 371, and trafficking for gain in technology to circumvent technology that protects a right of a copyright owner in violation of 17 U.S.C. 1201(b)(1)(A). Russian software company and one of its programers, Dmitry Sklyarov, were... More...   $0 (12-18-2002 - CA)

Copyright infringement claims by SESAC, a music performing artist rights organization, against radio station WPNT for failing to obtain licenses for the music played by the station.... More...   $1263000 (12-13-2002 - PA)

The defendants in this diversity suit for breach of contract and tortious interference with contract (affiliated corporations that we'll call "Reuters") appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction to the plaintiff, FutureSource. The appeal raises issues of copy-right and bankruptcy law, as well as of the common law of Illinois - actually there's no discussion of choice of law issues, ... More...   $0 (11-27-2002 - IL)

In 1986, the City and County of San Francisco commissioned renowned artist Jesus "Chuy" Campusano to paint a mural in San Francisco's Mission District. The site chosen was the south exterior wall of a former factory building owned by the Lilli Ann Corporation. After six weeks of work, Campusano and his colleague Elias Rocha finished a 46-foot by 46-foot mural of brightly colored geometric ab... More...   $0 (11-25-2002 - CA)

These consolidated petitions for review arise out of an automobile accident which occurred when Laura H. Tanner changed lanes and her automobile collided with Vicky Ravijojla Powell's automobile. Tanner was driving a Hertz rental car and was working for Harcourt Brace & Co. at the time of the accident. The trial court granted summary judgment dismissing Powell's vicarious liability claims agai... More...   $0 (11-24-2002 - AK)

The defendants denied that Elton John's song was written by Santelli. That the songs did not sound the same and that Elton John had no access to Santelli's song.... More...   $0 (11-22-2002 - TN)

I ... More...   $25642 (11-05-2002 - MA)

Fagioli, S.A. (“Faglioli”), agreed to furnish a ship for the maritime transport of Nuovo Pignone, SpA’s (“Nuovo Pignone’s”) 771,000 kilogram reactor from Italy to Louisiana. The reactor was damaged after arrival at the Port of New Orleans, and Nuovo Pignone sued. The district court found that Fagioli, an Italian company, was subject to personal jurisdiction in ... More...   $0 (10-31-2002 - LA)

Manufacturer of Zig-Zag roll your own cigarette paper sought copyright and trademark infringement againt Downey Wholesale.... More...   $2000000 (10-15-2002 - CA)

Ty Inc., the manufacturer of Beanie Babies, the well-known beanbag stuffed animals, brought this suit for trademark infringement against Ruth Perryman. Perryman sells second-hand beanbag stuffed animals, primarily but not exclusively Ty’s Beanie Babies, over the Internet. Her Internet address (“domain name”), a particular focus of Ty’s concern, is bargainbeanies.com.... More...   $0 (10-04-2002 - IL)

Plaintiffs Open Software Foundation (OSF) and Hewlett-Packard (HP) brought this diversity action against USF&G, their general commercial liability insurer, claiming that USF&G had a duty to defend a lawsuit filed against them by Addamax Corporation, a software manufacturer. (1) After OSF decided not to bundle Addamax security software into its UNIX-based operating system, Addamax sued OSF in 1989,... More...   $0 (10-04-2002 - MA)

Copyright and design theft claims by designer of winter boots that resemble a dog's paws. Plaintiff claimed that Deckers Outdoors Corporation copied her boot design.... More...   $4230000 (10-03-2002 - MT)

ST is a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business in Carrollton, Texas.(1) ST manufactures and supplies se... More...   $0 (10-01-2002 - MI)

UnknownThis case involves causes of action for breach of contract, fraud and interference with economic relations, arising out of contracts for the purchase of exclusive rights to music compositions. The trial court granted defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings on the ground these state law causes of action were preempted by federal copyright law. We conclude that such state law cau... More...   $24000 (09-26-2002 - CA)

This appeal presents serious problems of alleged copyright infringement in an evolving and highly competitive world of computer technology that challenges the effectiveness of our well-established copyright laws. Formerly known as Dun & Bradstreet Software Services, Inc. (DBS), Geac Computer Systems, Inc. (collectively Geac) is the undisputed owner of certain proprietary, copyrig... More...   $0 (09-25-2002 - NJ)

We must decide whether the owner of the copyrighted video "Beating of Reginald Denny" can establish that a satel-lite news service infringed its copyright, and whether a televi-sion network's incorporation of that video into promotional materials was a fair use. * * * In this age of television news, it is frequently the image accompanying the story that leaves an event seared into the viewer... More...   $0 (09-16-2002 - CA)

A jury found against Xiaomei
Yang and Xu Liu on various copyright-infringement,
breach-of-contract, breach-of-fiduciary-duty, and conversion
of property claims. Yang and Liu now appeal. First,
Yang and Liu argue that the district court erred in denying
their renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial and that it erred when it allowed Price
Waterhouse ... More...   $0 (09-10-2002 - IL)

The plaintiff, Interface Flooring Systems, Inc., appeals1 from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants2 in this action, contending that they were obligated under certain insurance policies to reimburse the plaintiff for expenses it had incurred in defending against a federal lawsuit brought against it. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court ... More...   $0 (09-03-2002 - CT)

Gonzales owns copyrights on several designs intended to be imprinted on T-shirts. With-out bothering to get a license from him the defendant pro-duced and sold temporary tattoos that copy his designs, infringing four of his copyrights. When he discovered the infringements he sued the defendant, which promptly stopped producing and selling the infringing tattoos. By agreement of the parties ... More...   $0 (08-23-2002 - IL)

The district court held that a procedural irregularity rendered the Plan's denial unreasonable and ordered the P... More...   $0 (08-16-2002 - AR)

Both Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Syntek"), a Tai-... More...   $0 (08-16-2002 - AZ)

Cambridge Literary Properties Ltd. ("Cambridge") brought this suit against W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik G.m.b.H & Co. Kg. ("Goebel"), a German limited partnership, and others associated with it. (1) The complaint sought a share in the profits gained by defendants from the use of images taken from the Hummel Book in which Cambridge claims a copyright interest. The district court granted defendants' Ru... More...   $0 (07-10-2002 - MA)